Description:
Piece from the top of a moulded feature, perhaps a sarcophagus front (W. 0.09 × H. 0.155 × D. 0.07).
Text:
Inscribed on the face, with traces of a relief to the right of the text.
Letters:
0.015
Date:
Second to third centuries A.D. (lettering)
Findspot:
Theatre
Original Location:
Unknown
Last recorded location:
Museum (1977)
History of discovery:
Excavated by the NYU expedition in 1970 (70.253).
Bibliography:
Unpublished.
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds). This edition Reynolds (2007).
1 [·· ? ··]ΑΤΟΥ[·· ? ··]
2[·· ? ··] γυναι̣[κ·· ? ··]
3[·· ? ··]ΩΝΚ[·· ? ··]
4[·· ? ··]Ι̣ΔΙ[·· ? ··]
5 [·· ? ··]ΣΑ[·· ? ··]
6[·· ? ··
1[ - - - ]ΑΤΟΥ[ - - - ]
2[ - - - ]ΓΥΝΑ·[· - - - ]
3[ - - - ]ΩΝΚ[ - - - ]
4[ - - - ]·ΔΙ[ - - - ]
5[ - - - ]ΣΑ[ - - - ]
6[·· ? ··
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ατου
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="2" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
γυνα
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
<supplied reason="lost" >
κ
</supplied>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="3" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
ωνκ
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="4" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
<unclear reason="damage" >
ι
</unclear>
δι
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="5" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="left" />
<orig n="unresolved" >
σα
</orig>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character" dim="right" />
<lb n="6" />
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line" dim="bottom" />
</ab>

Translation:

[·· ? ··] wife of [·· ? ··]

Commentary:
no comment.

Photographs:

Face (1977)
 Face (1977)
Face (1977)
 Face (1977)

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